I'm attempting to get a series of some beers through 5 years and do some verticals at the house w/ some friends. So what does everyone else have aging? Any beers that you aged that were just awesome after a year or two?

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Jeremy Baker

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I have a Cigar City Marshall Zhukov RIS and a Bourbon County Stout from last year, a couple Yetis and a Bourbon County from 2 years ago, an Abyss and a Westy 12 from 3 years ago.

I haven't seen Bourbon County Stout here in Denver, but I hear rumors that it may show up this year!

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Jeremy Baker

"An escalator can never break: it can only become stairs. You should never see an Escalator Temporarily Out Of Order sign, just Escalator Temporarily Stairs. Sorry for the convenience." - Mitch Hedberg

I have a Cigar City Marshall Zhukov RIS and a Bourbon County Stout from last year, a couple Yetis and a Bourbon County from 2 years ago, an Abyss and a Westy 12 from 3 years ago.

I haven't seen Bourbon County Stout here in Denver, but I hear rumors that it may show up this year!

If you get the chance to pick some up, you'll be glad you did. I've tried a lot of the bourbon barrel aged stouts and it's the best of the bunch right after release IMO, and then ages very well of course. Which is ironic, because it's among the most bourbon forward. It is insanely good.

I have a Cigar City Marshall Zhukov RIS and a Bourbon County Stout from last year, a couple Yetis and a Bourbon County from 2 years ago, an Abyss and a Westy 12 from 3 years ago.

I haven't seen Bourbon County Stout here in Denver, but I hear rumors that it may show up this year!

If you get the chance to pick some up, you'll be glad you did. I've tried a lot of the bourbon barrel aged stouts and it's the best of the bunch right after release IMO, and then ages very well of course. Which is ironic, because it's among the most bourbon forward. It is insanely good.

Definitely sounds like we are finally going to get some BCS here. I'm hearing "Black Friday." If it's true, then I'll definitely be looking for it!

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Jeremy Baker

"An escalator can never break: it can only become stairs. You should never see an Escalator Temporarily Out Of Order sign, just Escalator Temporarily Stairs. Sorry for the convenience." - Mitch Hedberg

My favorite commercial beer for aging is St Bernardus 12. A friend asked me about beer aging so I shared a 750ml bottle that was at least 5 years old (I'm not sure of the year, but it still had a $6.99 price tag on it) and we compared it to a fresh one. While the fresh bottle was nice, the aged one was truly spectacular.

Technically, a Vertical tasting is where you taste many different batches of the same beer. Ideally at least a year apart. And as you can see from the list, it's all about the differences in aging. I have at least 6 bombers of Pike Brewings' Barley Wine from 2006 forward, only problem there is they use a different recipe each year. But, we still enjoy our yearly tasting......